During the 86th legislative Session, saw Huberty serve his second term as Chairman of the House Committee on Public Education [8] as well as serving on the House Committee on County Affairs. [9] He authored 12 bills which were signed by the Governor [9] including House Bill 3 [10] one of the most transformative Texas education bills in recent history [11] and has been recognized for his legislative efforts by the Texas Association of Community Schools, Education in Action, Texas Public Interest Group, Environment Texas, The Texas Realtors, and others. [12] [13] [14]
In 2016, Huberty was challenged in the Republican primary by Mitchell Bosworth. Huberty eventually defeated Bosworth, 78% to 22%. Huberty defeated challengers from the Libertarian Party and Green Party in the 2016 General Election, taking 82% of the vote. [15]
Huberty currently serves on the (1) Licensing and Administrative Procedures and (2) Public Education committees. [17]
Legislative History
87th Legislative Session (and 1st, 2nd & 3rd Called Special Sessions)
•Authored and passed legislation to direct the further implementation of HB3 (86R) to further public school finance reforms [18]
•Authored and passed legislation to direct the spending of billions of dollars in federal funding [19] [20]
•Authored and passed legislation to limit liabilities on property owners & managers [21]
•Authored and passed legislation to reward school districts for making students Military Ready [22]
•Authored and passed legislation to further the implementation of standardized testing and accountability reforms [23] [24]
•Authored and passed legislation to increase high school graduation rates [25]
•Secured an additional $50 million for the continued dredging of Lake Houston [26]
•Authored and passed legislation to make districts accountable after failing to meet standards [27]
•Filed 25 separate pieces of legislation ranging in issues from APO monitoring to sports betting [27]
•Authored and passed legislation to remedy issues that arose for school districts from the implementation of legislation passed in the regular session [28]
86th Legislative Session
•Re-Appointed as Chairman of the House Committee on Public Education [29] [27]
- •The Public Education Committee was referred 20% more bills than Ways & Means [30] [31]
- •The Public Education Committee heard over 300 bills, reporting more than 250 out of committee [32]
•Authored and passed House Bill 3, The Texas Plan, the transformational public school finance form in Texas [11] [27]
•Instituted $4.5 billion in Education Reforms [33] [34] [27]
•Provided more than $5 billion in Property Tax Relief [34] [27]
•Reduced Recapture statewide by $3.6 billion [34] [35] [27]
•Authored and passed legislation to protect UIL student-athletes from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. HB 76 was named the Cody Stephens Law in honor of a Crosby High School football player who died unexpectedly from an undetected cardiac issue. [36] [37] [38] [39] [27]
•Secured $30 million of the statewide budget for a dedicated dredging program in Lake Houston [40] [27]
•Authored and passed legislation to increase inspections and penalties on APOs [41] [27]
•Authored and passed legislation to protect the flood victims from identity thieves [21] [27]
•Authored and passed legislation to exempt disabled firefighters from tuition for new skills [42] [27]
•Authored and passed legislation to save taxpayer dollars by allowing unsold property to be resold [43] [27]
•Authored and passed legislation to exempt Volunteer Fire Departments from fuel sales tax [27] [44]
•Filed 36 separate pieces of legislation on issues ranging from education reform to flood recovery [45]
85th Legislative Session
•Appointed as Chairman of the House Committee on Public Education and passed 85 bills [46]
•Authored and passed legislation restricting municipal annexation by requiring approval of property owners [47]
•Authored and passed legislation reforming the school finance system, providing $311 million [48]
•Authored and passed legislation addressing the public school accountability system [49]
84th Legislative Session
•Authored and passed legislation on Gov. Abbott's number one emergency item, pre-K [50]
•Authored and passed legislation to prohibit cities or counties from unfairly mandating that rental property owners accept government housing vouchers [51]
•Authored and passed legislation to eliminate an existing double-taxation on small businesses who choose to use Professional Employment Organizations [52]
•Authored and passed legislation to ease the process for contractors when bidding for projects that require a certain construction consolidated insurance plan [53]
83rd Legislative Session (and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Called Special Sessions)
•Authored and passed legislation to effectively ban the use of Common Core in Texas [54]
•Authored and passed legislation to encourage co-generation agreements between multiple companies to help address Texas' resource adequacy issues [55]
•Authored and passed legislation to allow E-filing for County elected officials [56]
•Authored and passed legislation to allow students to "test out" of some standardized exams to ease the burden on Texas' school children [57]
82nd Legislative Session (and 1st Called Special Session)
•Authored and passed legislation to regulate illegal aggregate production operators (APOs) to weed out the bad actors and improve water quality [58]
•Worked with Senator Tommy Williams to return $9 Million in TIRZ funds for Humble ISD [59]
